"The problem is we bear grudges that go a thousand years into the past. Really, I could find people who begrudge the Greeks for doing awful things to the Bulgarians more than a thousand years ago."

“That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.”

“It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.”

“I have to prove myself five times over.”

Source : "Eleanor Poling, Daughter of Former Vice President, Dies at 51" by Kirk Semple, www.nytimes.com. September 17, 2011.

“When you have children, your house smells very unpleasant all the time.”

“It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system.”

“Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.”

“I've interfaced with a lot of other creators of serialized shows, and I've really been blown away by the fact that they create a big spectacle, at the beginning, in the pilot, and they don't ultimately know where they're going. That's terrifying to me, and creatively disingenuous.”

Source : "ZERO HOUR Executive Producers Paul Scheuring, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Zack Estrin and Dan McDermott Talk About the New ABC Drama". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 14, 2013.

“The Japanese garden is a very important tool in Japanese architectural design because, not only is a garden traditionally included in any house design, the garden itself also reflects a deeper set of cultural meanings and traditions. Whereas the English garden seeks to make only an aesthetic impression, the Japanese garden is both aesthetic and reflective. The most basic element of any Japanese garden design comes from the realization that every detail has a significant value.”